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John K. Welch, who held leadership positions with General Dynamics and recently retired as the CEO of an energy company, has joined the board of directors at Huntington Ingalls Industries. The company announced the move Monday in a news release. Welch retired in October after nine years at the head of Centrus Energy Corp., a supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. He previously served as executive vice president of General Dynamics' Marine Systems Group. He also held engineering and management positions with General Physics Corp. and Advanced Technology Inc. A seven-year Navy veteran, he served as a nuclear submarine officer and retired from the...

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John K. Welch, who held leadership positions with General Dynamics and recently retired as the CEO of an energy company, has joined the board of directors at Huntington Ingalls Industries.
The company announced the move Monday in a news release.
Welch...

'Misstatements'
It's reached the point where we are truly wondering what it is with these public figures who feel the need to exaggerate their military record and/or the dangers they have faced in the line of duty.
The latest is Robert McDonald,...

If the Pentagon wants to convene another round of military base closings, it must clear a congressional subcommittee chaired by Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Westmoreland.
Wittman will be a tough sell. He says there is no appetite in Congress for another Base...

All but 100 of the remaining 1,300 U.S. troops who deployed to West Africa in response to the Ebola outbreak will be home by April 30, the president announced Wednesday.
That includes a group of about 60 soldiers from the 53rd Transportation Movement...

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., which builds nuclear-powered submarines in Newport News, has acquired a Florida company that designs and constructs unmanned underwater vehicles.
The shipbuilding giant has purchased the Engineering Solutions...

Adm. Philip Davidson, commander of the Navy's Fleet Forces, spoke of the Battle of Midway, a pivotal U.S. win during World War II, when trying to convey the importance of the newly formed Information Dominance Forces Command.
Against a superior and...

F-22s from Langley Air Force Base have flown to Nevada to participate in three weeks of combat training.
They will train among 125 other aircraft at Nellis Air Force Base as part of an exercise called Red Flag. Training started Monday and will run...

Huntington Ingalls Industries on Wednesday announced the crreation of a new company that combines the expertise of two of its smaller units: S.M. Stoller and Newport News Nuclear.
The new company will be called SN3, which a company news release bills...

Retired Air Force Reserve Maj. Wes Carter almost didn't travel to Washington, D.C. last week where, to his surprise, he heard an independent panel of scientists verify what he had dogged the Air Force and Department of Veterans Affairs about for almost...

Norfolk's namesake submarine was inactivated last week during a ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk.
The Los Angeles-class attack sub was commissioned in 1983 and built at Newport News Shipbuilding. It will remain in Norfolk until January to begin the...

No bombs were found at Kecoughtan High School in Hampton Thursday after officials learned of a possible threat that led them to dismiss students early.
Police were notified that a note was found at about 10:15 a.m., according to Hampton police...

Newport News Shipbuilding has a stake in a new and potentially divisive method for funding a future class of submarine, a project considered the Navy's top priority.
At issue is how to replace the aging fleet of Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines,...

The Navy could enlist private shipyards to help relieve a maintenance backlog for its attack submarines, which translates into a potential opportunity for Newport News Shipbuilding.
Federal budget cuts have caused staffing shortages at U.S. shipyards,...

A federal magistrate judge on Wednesday denied bond for a York County man accused of attempting to steal and send to Egypt designs for the nation's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas Miller said there are no...

The Navy engineer accused of attempting to sell design drawings of America's newest aircraft carrier to the Egyptian government lived with his family in a well-known York County subdivision and received a bachelor's degree from Old Dominion University...

With 2014 rapidly drawing to a conclusion, it's only appropriate to begin to take stock of the year ahead.
An eventful year has passed on the Peninsula and throughout Virginia. What will 2015 bring? Here's what we expect.
Shipbuilding
Executives at...

Seventy-five years after the New Deal began to wind down, many of the public works projects the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration brought to Depression-era Hampton Roads through such programs as the Works Progress Administration and Civilian...

Seventy-five years after the New Deal began to wind down, many of the public works projects the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration brought to Depression-era Hampton Roads through such programs as the Works Progress Administration and Civilian...

Sen. Kaine has been named the top Democrat on a key panel of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
The Subcommittee on Readiness deals with resources for shipyards, military construction projects and whether bases should be shifted or closed. Overall,...